PT · 2021 · tepsr_wc170

Unemployment rate by age

Portugal, 2021

Unemployment rate by age
23.4
Portugal, 2021
▲ 4.0% vs 2020 (22.5)
Analysis

In 2021, Portugal's unemployment rate by age increased by 4.0% compared to 2020, reaching 23.4.

Portugal accounts for 140.1% of the EU-27 total of 16.7.

Portugal ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.8% (from 27.8 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_wc170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
140.1%
EU-27: 16.7
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025